Ah, thanks. Hal Daume III wrote: > Yes, the spaces are necessary. This is because of the maximal munch > rule; it assumes that '->\' is an identifier. In fact, you can define it > as such: > > Prelude> let (->\) a b = a + b > Prelude> 5 ->\ 6 > 11 > Prelude> > > You can of course write > > Prelude> let f = \x y z -> x (map (+y) z) > > if you wish. > > -- > Hal Daume III > > "Computer science is no more about computers | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > than astronomy is about telescopes." -Dijkstra | www.isi.edu/~hdaume > > On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Bryn Keller wrote: > > >>Prelude> let f = \x->\y->\z->x (map (+ y) z) >><interactive>:1: parse error on input `->\' >>Prelude> let f = \x-> \y-> \z-> x (map (+ y) z) >>Prelude> >> >>Are the spaces really necessary, or is this a bug? >> >>Thanks, >> >>Bryn >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users >>
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